---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2700.53"
title: "29"
number: "2700.53"
heading: "Prehearing conferences and statements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2700.53"
---

# §2700.53. Prehearing conferences and statements.

- (a) The ALJ may require the parties to participate in a prehearing conference, either in person or by telephone or other video/audio teleconferencing. Notwithstanding the mandatory recordings of motions on the record in accordance with [§ 2700.10(a)](/cfr/29/2700.10.md?p=a), any in-person or telephonic conference shall be recorded at a party's request or within the ALJ's discretion. The participants at any such conference may consider and take action with respect to:
  - (1) The formulation and simplification of the issues;
  - (2) The possibility of obtaining stipulations, admissions of fact and of documents that will avoid unnecessary proof and advance rulings from the ALJ on the admissibility of evidence;
  - (3) The exchange of exhibits and the names of witnesses and a synopsis of the testimony expected from each witness;
  - (4) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the filings and the joinder of parties;
  - (5) The possibility of agreement disposing of any or all of the issues in dispute;
  - (6) Such other matters as may aid in the expedition of the hearing or the disposition of the case.
- (b) The ALJ may also require the parties to submit prehearing statements addressing one or more of the matters set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 5623, Jan. 17, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 815, 820, and 823.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 12164, Mar. 3, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 5623, Jan. 17, 2025]